Dense flexible plastic jacket for lead headed jig



Feb. 3, 1970 `R. A. uzN'rzscl-lv y DENSE FLEXIBLE PLASTIC' JACKET FOR LEAD HEADED JIG Filed Nov.`v 29, meal INVENTOR.

United States Patent O ice 3492754 Patented Feb. 3, 1970 3 492 754 with a larger portion shaped to fit over the head of the i sinker. There is a partial hole 3 in the jacket and the eye DENSE FOR 4 of the lish hook will extend through the hole 3f. FIG. Richard A. Jemzsch, 450 Bow Line Bend 3 shows the jacket havinga slit 2 extending through the Naples, Fm 33940 5 neck portion S andterminating at the hole 3. FIG. 4 Filed No 29 1968, Sen Na 779,637 shows the jacket which 1s composed of a flexible plastic Int CL A01k ,g5/00 material as opened up at slit 2 so that the entire jacket U.S. Cl. 43-42.09 4 Claims can be slid onto the sinker to t snugly thereon. FIG. 5

shows the complete device in which a winding 7 is wrapped l around the neck portion after the jacket is mounted on the ABSTRACT GF THE DISCLOSURE sinker in order to hold the jacket 1 :firmly in position as A lead headed jig comprising a head and a reduced neck well as to secure bucktail or nylon hairs to the assembly. portion with a ish hook embedded therein having an eye I claim:

extending outwardly therefrom, and a dense exible plas- 1' A iead headed iig having a head and a reduced nook tic jacket mounted on the jig conforming in shape to the i Section; a non hook embedded diei-ein Witn a nook eye jig and tting snugly thereon. The jacket has a slit shorter extending atove the Surface of the lig head for attaching ln length than the Overttll length of the jig but long a fishing line thereto, a dense flexible plastic jacket enough to include the llsh hook eve extending there mounted on saidjig which does not adhere thereto, said through. The jacket does not adhere to the jig and is easily jacket comprising a body Poi'tioii integral Witn an open removed theretronn 2O neck portion conforming in shape to the jig head and neck section, said body and neck portions having a longitudinal slit shorter than the combined lengths of said body and My invention relates to cast lead headed jigs or sinkers. neck Portions and inst tong enough to incinde the Said I have found it very convenient to change the color of a eye of tne nen nook extending tneietnioiign: said jacket jig to attract fish. In the past this has been done by dipbeing capable of being sPieid apart and opened at the ping the jigs in various colored solutions and then waiting bddy and neck Portions Wnicn include said siit so that for them to dry or set' said jacket can be slipped on to or olf of said lead headed To avoid having to Walt for them to dtv nl set, lt ls jig and fit snugly around said jig when in position on said an object of the invention to provide a slitted jacket which jigt can be slid over the jig or sinker and be bound in position. 2- The combination claimed in ciaini 1 having threads Jackets can be made of a dense flexible plastic material oi WindingS around said nook Portion to hold Said jacket in many different colors. Dense flexible plastic jackets do 1n Positionnot adhere to Said lead headed jigs 3. The combination claimed in claim 1 in which said Further objects will be apparent from the .following jacket can oo madoin different Colorsdescription when considered in connection with the ac- 4- The Combination Claimed in Claim 1 including buck' companying drawing in which; tail or hairs around the neck portion and held in position FIG. l is a side view showing a cast lead headed jig, by threads of windings- FIG. 2 is a side view of the jacket with the hollow in- References Cited side shown in dashed lines,

FIG. 3 is a top view of FIG. 2 showing the slit in the 40 UNITED STATES PATENTS jacket and the hole for the eye of the fish hook, 1,599,763 9/ 1926 Head 43-4209 FIG. 4 is a top view of the jacket opened and ready for 2,315,304 3/ 1943 Upperman 43-4237 X sliding onto the jig of FIG. 1, and, 2,796,693 6/ 1957 Gunterman 43-42.09 FIG. 5 is a side elevation of the jacket assembled on 45 3,169,336 2/ 1965 Pope 43-4237 X the jig with winding to hold it firmly in position outside 3,289,345 12/ 1966 Reininger et al 43-42.09 the surface of the neck. 1,600,652 9/ 1926 Steenstrup 43-42.09` Referring to the various figures of the drawing, FIG. 1 3,017,307 1/ 1962 Halliburton 43-44.81 X

shows a fish hook having an eyelet 4 which is embedded in a lead sinker having a head and a neck portion 6 with 50 SAMUEL KOREN, Primary Examiner the eyelet 4 extending upwardly from the head of the sinker. This lead sinker is provided with a slitted jacket DANIEL I' LEACH Asslstant Exammer 1 as shown in FIG. 2 which likewise has a neck portion U.S. C1. X.R. 5 tapered to tit over the neck portion 6 of the sinker and 43-42.28 

